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Men’s marathon: As we await today’s action, let’s tally done what took spot successful nan greeting session/overnight. Alphonce Felix Simbu snatched golden successful nan first photo-finish astatine a awesome title marathon edging retired Germany’s Amanal Petros successful a melodramatic title to nan statement to springiness Tanzania its maiden world title.
The photo-finish showed nan title was decided by 3 hundredths of a 2nd arsenic Simbu surged past nan diving Petros astatine nan line, person than nan 0.05-second spread betwixt nan golden and metallic medallists successful nan men’s 100m last nan time before.
Simbu and Petros were fixed nan aforesaid clip of 2 hours, 9 minutes and 48 seconds, nan German taking nan metallic contempt heading nan section arsenic nan leaders entered Tokyo’s National Stadium. Italy’s Iliass Aouani took nan bronze successful 2:09.53.
“When we entered nan stadium, I was not judge if I would win,” nan 33-year-old Simbu said. “I did not cognize if I had won. But erstwhile I saw nan video screens and maine connected nan apical of nan results, I felt relieved. I made history coming – nan first Tanzanian golden badge astatine a world championships.”
The decorativeness was person than astatine nan 2001 championships successful Edmonton, erstwhile Ethiopia’s Gezahegne Abera hit Kenya’s Simon Biwott by a azygous second. South Africa’s Josia Thugwane won nan closest Olympic men’s marathon by 3 seconds against South Korea’s Lee Bong-ju astatine nan 1996 Atlanta Games.
It was a first world title for Simbu, who won bronze successful nan marathon astatine nan London world championships successful 2017 and vanished 2nd successful nan Boston marathon successful April.
Ethiopia’s Tadese Takele and Deresa Geleta, who took golden and metallic astatine nan Tokyo metropolis marathon successful March, dropped disconnected pinch little than 10km to go. The title was wide unfastened for overmuch of nan distance, pinch a mates of twelve runners successful nan starring cluster 90 minutes in. The battalion past gradually thinned retired arsenic immoderate faded successful nan greeting heat, leaving Simbu, Petros and Aouani clear of nan section coming into nan stadium. Petros was successful nan lead to return take nan title until Simbu recovered a precocious footwear and ran him down astatine nan line.
“It’s for illustration nan 100 metres,” said Petros. “Coming into nan decorativeness I was reasoning astir winning truthful a spot of maine is emotion very sad. But I person to judge it. As an jock you person to study for tomorrow, train hard, support going and beryllium thankful for nan silver.”
Preamble
Hello and invited to our unrecorded sum of nan world championships successful Tokyo wherever a gripping time 3 awaits us.
Four much golden medals are to beryllium handed retired successful today’s evening session: men’s rod vault, women’s hammer throw, men’s 3000m steeplechase and women’s 100m hurdles.
And arsenic always, if you person immoderate predictions, queries aliases thoughts connected immoderate of nan events, send maine an email.
Today's schedule
It is 6.30pm JST 10.30 americium successful Tokyo astatine nan infinitesimal and present is what is scheduled for nan evening session:
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11.35am BST / 7.35pm JST – men’s 400m hurdles – heats
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11.40am BST / 7.40pm JST – men’s agelong jump – qualification
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11:49am BST / 7.49pm JST – men’s rod vault – final
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12.23pm BST / 8.23pm JST – men’s 110m hurdles – heats
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1pm BST / 9pm JST – women’s hammer propulsion – final
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1.06pm BST/ 9.06pm JST – women’s 100m hurdles – semi-final
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1.30pm BST / 9.30pm JST – men’s 1500m – semi-final
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1.55pm BST / 9.55pm JST – men’s 3000m steeplechase – final
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2.20pm BST / 10.20pm JST – women’s 100m hurdles – final
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